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Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi)
Yokoyama Kōzukedaijō Sukesada
- Medium
- Steel, wood, lacquer, ray skin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper, gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), iron
- Dimensions
- L. 27 1/16 in. (68.7 cm); L. of blade 23 5/8 in. (60 cm); L. of cutting edge 17 3/4 in.(45.1 cm); D. of curvature 3/8 in. (0.9 cm); L. of knife (kozuka) 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); L. of hair dressing tool (kogai) 8 1/4 in. (21.0 cm)
- Culture
- Japanese
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Classification
- Swords
- Dated
- blade, late 17th century; mounting, 19th century
- Pixels
- 4000 × 1915
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Yokoyama Kōzukedaijō Sukesada. Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi), blade, late 17th century; mounting, 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.